How to draw BINDA

Another easy Monday tangle! Binda is from Australian CZT Claire Crook and it’s her first on the site.

Binda came about in a very unusual way. Claire writes, “The tangle developed as I drew around the holes of my ring binder whilst in a loooong meeting. Hence the name ‘binda’.

I live in Sydney Australia and discovered Zentangles when my daughter (then 11) brought one home, a ZIA she had done with her class at school. Not long after I discovered a book on tangling in a local bookstore. That started a passion which led to my being lucky enough to attend CZT #18 in April this year.”

I think every single one of us who has had the opportunity of experiencing the magic of a CZT seminar feels we are, as Claire says, very lucky indeed.

Binda is a clever way to get parallel wavy lines evenly spaced. Rather than draw the lines first, the orbs do a great job of providing guides for your pen’s ups and downs. It’s a lovely ribbony tangle with lots of ways to play and embellish it.

Claire illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Binda below and shows several creative ways to vary this tangle.

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Check out the tag clairec for more of Claire’s tangles on TanglePatterns.com.

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